Dallas Real Estate News

Dallas Real Estate News: Should We Care That Briggs Freeman is Now Sotheby’s Franchisee?

By Candy Evans | December 7, 2010 |

You may have heard the news from Steve Brown that the toney, boutique-y firm of Briggs Freeman has affiliated as a franchisee with Sotheby’s International Realty. That this happened, that Robbie gave up his Christie’s Great Estates affiliation to make this change, tells you how tough this market really is. Smart move for Briggs Freeman.…

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Ranching News: Wives, Girlfriends, and Daughters of Ranchers — Hollywood Calling On Line One

By Candy Evans | December 3, 2010 | Comments Off on Ranching News: Wives, Girlfriends, and Daughters of Ranchers — Hollywood Calling On Line One

A well-known LA production house will be in town very soon seeking Dallas-area women who “ranch” for a pilot on “beautiful, glamorousĀ  Dallas women who have a ranch connection,” says the darling L.A.-living Janelle Randazza, who is casting for the show. She won’t tell me who the producer is, butĀ  I hear they are the…

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Lawmakers Eye That Home Mortgage Deduction To Balance Budget

By Candy Evans | December 1, 2010 |

The Presidential, bi-partisian committee scrutinizing ways to cut our huge budget deficit brought on by the housing market collapse, Wall Street firms going under, and the biggest government bail out in the history of the world, may end the U.S. home mortgageĀ  deduction. It could certainly end the mortgage interest deduction of second home properties.…

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Dallas Real Estate News: Home Sales Flat, Price Declines, Unless You Live in Park Cities

By Candy Evans | December 1, 2010 | Comments Off on Dallas Real Estate News: Home Sales Flat, Price Declines, Unless You Live in Park Cities

I know, Case-Shiller says sales and housing prices are down in Dallas-Fort Worth. It was a pretty sucky report. The only places where sales are up — San Francisco, San Diego and Washington D.C., where all the government jobs are bringing in YPs by the bushels sporting $100 to $300K jobs, all seeking housing. But…

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Dallas House Porn: Contemporary Lust and Water, Water Everywhere

By Candy Evans | November 30, 2010 |

I have been cheating on my house by lusting after this estate property for years. YEARS! And now, she is on the market, available. Be still, my beating heart. Listed with Douglas Newby, this home is on the same little lake where police went full S.C.U.B.A. this summer to find the murder evidence that nailed…

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Dallas Real Estate News: Alicia Trevino Says Farewell to Real Estate Flippers, Return to Ozzie & Harriet Mode

By Candy Evans | November 29, 2010 | Comments Off on Dallas Real Estate News: Alicia Trevino Says Farewell to Real Estate Flippers, Return to Ozzie & Harriet Mode

In between seeking the very best vacation properties at the very best prices, I have been hearing all about real estate in Dallas. And in Texas. Guess what: it isn’t so bad — here. Texas has fewer properties up for foreclosure In fact, all the U.S. markets with the smallest supply of homes at risk…

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